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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr & vb n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus p. p. of enervare, fr enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden. Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enervating adj : causing debilitation [syn: {debilitative}, {enfeebling}, {weakening}]
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